It is not "my" story. It is the Norse creation story. An entire people believed this one (some still do )

Peace,
dave

Dave I wasn't accusing of creating the story well "Saga" I recognized it was from Norse Mythology, and Kudos to You for posting it as I hadn't thought of it for years. @ Will I like it as much as You do.

Admit it, if you were born in Israel, you would be jewish. If you were born in India you would be hindu. If you lived in Iran you would be a muslim. No doubt. Your religion is simply a result of your social environment.

Admit it, if you were born in Israel, you would be jewish. If you were born in India you would be hindu. If you lived in Iran you would be a muslim. No doubt. Your religion is simply a result of your social environment.

Okay, so if religion is a result of our social environment, where do the people in the US fit in? Oh, there is too much freedom here.
We have everyone from militant Christians to Satanists, and from Atheists to Buddhists. The US is where anyone can practice any religion they want, even pastafarianism.

Personally, I grew up in an Ecumenistic Christian household, went to a Catholic high school, studied Buddhism, Hinduism, Rastafarianism, Sikhism, even Unitarianism.
But, after all that I realized that they are all just too "secular" and "separate", when really religion should be about uniting people, not division resulting in bloody Jihads. And the warnings about some invisible force punishing sinners for "not following the rules" is just comedy.
-Really, I say "Fuck all organized religions" None have it completely right.
I have my own personal relationship with my "god" that doesn't fit into any category (I have found) so far, and she [God] is totally cool with it.

Okay, so if religion is a result of our social environment, where do the people in the US fit in? Oh, there is too much freedom here.
We have everyone from militant Christians to Satanists, and from Atheists to Buddhists. The US is where anyone can practice any religion they want, even pastafarianism.

Personally, I grew up in an Ecumenistic Christian household, went to a Catholic high school, studied Buddhism, Hinduism, Rastafarianism, Sikhism, even Unitarianism.
But, after all that I realized that they are all just too "secular" and "separate", when really religion should be about uniting people, not division resulting in bloody Jihads. And the warnings about some invisible force punishing sinners for "not following the rules" is just comedy.
-Really, I say "Fuck all organized religions" None have it completely right.
I have my own personal relationship with my "god" that doesn't fit into any category (I have found) so far, and she [God] is totally cool with it.

ps: post #1666

DAMN fine post there Ash. I totally agree. That is worth a +rep in my book

Admit it, if you were born in Israel, you would be jewish. If you were born in India you would be hindu. If you lived in Iran you would be a muslim. No doubt. Your religion is simply a result of your social environment.

there are many muslims in Isreal, many muslims in india. and there used to be many christians in Iran until the ayatollah khomeini took power.